Let's have some word bending, mind twisting fun!
Post a favourite riddle, or just any riddle somebody hasn't already put up.
Rules
1) Maths is not a riddle.
2) It must have an answer.

I live amongst the moon and stars, I can't abide the sun, banish me with torchlight and see me turn ad run

I am darkness

You should probably add the rule that googling is cheating, but the problem there is how would you prove it?

Five of these. One of each. Two of none. All contained in a tennis court.

- J

Here's one of my favorites (that most fans of western rpgs will know)

"The man who invented it, doesn't want it for himself. The man who bought it, doesn't need it for himself. The man who needs it, doesn't know it when he needs it."

ZenMonkey47:
Here's one of my favorites (that most fans of western rpgs will know)

"The man who invented it, doesn't want it for himself. The man who bought it, doesn't need it for himself. The man who needs it, doesn't know it when he needs it."

*cough**cough**cough*

- J

When you have it, you want to share it. When you share it, you don't want to have it.

Are we supposed to answer other people's riddles?

As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, how many were going to St. Ives?

2...You and the man.

One, you are.

The earth weighs about 6 sextillion lbs. If we built a wall out of solid concrete across the US that weighs 1 sextillion, how much does the earth weigh now?

thebobmaster:
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, how many were going to St. Ives?

Depends on if the kits are in the sacks (my wife may have had 8 kids, but it doesn't mean she's got them on her at that moment), and whether the wives were with the man you met. And whether the man was travelling in the same direction as you (to St. Ives).

Jumplion:
One, you are.

The earth weighs about 6 sextillion lbs. If we built a wall out of solid concrete across the US that weighs 1 sextillion, how much does the earth weigh now?

Still 6 sextillion lbs. It would have weighed more if something that weighed 1 sextillion would be brought from outter space (i.e. something like the Citadel. Damn me and my HL2 analogies!) would the weight change. Also, sorry if I wasn't supposed to answer it.

Jumplion:

One, you are.

Only if you're a kit, a cat, a sack, or a wife.

The earth weighs about 6 sextillion lbs. If we built a wall out of solid concrete across the US that weighs 1 sextillion, how much does the earth weigh now?

Planets and weights aren't exactly useful things for comparison. What planet did you weigh the Earth on to get 6 sextillion lbs? When you built your wall, did you make concrete the old fashioned way (out of stuff already technically part of the Earth) or did you import it from a different planet? Do you consider things ON the Earth to be part of the Earth when weighed, or are they considered separate once they've been removed from the Earth? If something is added from another planet (like an asteroid crashing into the Earth) would it now be considered part OF the Earth, or not? Riddles are supposed to be ambiguous, but come on!

What have I got in my pocket?

Joking aside:

You use a knife to slice my head, and weep beside me when I'm dead. What am I?

tiredinnuendo:
Five of these. One of each. Two of none. All contained in a tennis court.

- J

I think riddles like these should only ever be spoken, since to write them down without giving away the answer, you have to cheat.

j-e-f-f-e-r-s:
What have I got in my pocket?

Lint. Take THAT, Bilbo!

You use a knife to slice my head, and weep beside me when I'm dead. What am I?

An onion?

Geoffrey42:

tiredinnuendo:
Five of these. One of each. Two of none. All contained in a tennis court.

- J

I think riddles like these should only ever be spoken, since to write them down without giving away the answer, you have to cheat.

I didn't cheat, but yes, I see what you mean.

We'll go with a different one.

God has none, a poor man has millions, and the richest kings have but a few.

- J

Five of these. One of each. Two of none. All contained in a tennis court.

- Vowels?

God has none, a poor man has millions, and the richest kings have but a few.

-Needs?

what walks upon 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon and 3 in the evening?

an oldie but a goodie, which many ppl still don't know, bonus points if you can say the name of it as well

spiggy:
God has none, a poor man has millions, and the richest kings have but a few.

-Needs?

The answer is technically "peers" but yours works too.

cleverlymadeup:
what walks upon 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon and 3 in the evening?

an oldie but a goodie, which many ppl still don't know, bonus points if you can say the name of it as well

The Sphynx Riddle.

- J

tiredinnuendo:

The Sphynx Riddle.

- J

yeah but you didn't give the answer :)

bonus points yes, but missed the answer :P

Jumplion:

The earth weighs about 6 sextillion lbs. If we built a wall out of solid concrete across the US that weighs 1 sextillion, how much does the earth weigh now?

It'd still weigh 6 sextillion tons, the concrete is already on the earth you're just moving it all into one place.

A man lives on the 20th floor of a high rise building. Every morning, when he goes to work, he takes the elevator straight to the ground floor and leaves but when he returns every night he can only take the elevator to the fifteenth floor and has to walk the rest of the way.

Why?

and another...

You are in a town with only two barbers (hair-dressers) and you want to get the best haircut you can. In the first barber shop you meet a barber who looks terrible, who's chairs are old and beat up, the floors are dirty and the equipment old and battered and who's hair is a mess.

The other shop is completely the opposite. Everything is new and shiiny, the man dresses immaculately and his hair is perfect.

Who do you get to cut your hair?

The bad looking barber. Because the Barber with the good haircut obviously is getting his hair cut by the terrible looking one.
And I've heard your other, but I can't remember the answer.

cleverlymadeup:

tiredinnuendo:

The Sphynx Riddle.

- J

yeah but you didn't give the answer :)

bonus points yes, but missed the answer :P

Dude.... everyone knows that riddle, but on the unlikely notion that someone wouldn't, I figured I wouldn't give it away, and yet would, by my answer, reveal that I knew the answer. Similar to my "coughing" post earlier in the thread.

I am willing to concede that the "coughing" post was a really bad pun.

- J

BranFlakes:
A man lives on the 20th floor of a high rise building. Every morning, when he goes to work, he takes the elevator straight to the ground floor and leaves but when he returns every night he can only take the elevator to the fifteenth floor and has to walk the rest of the way.

I've heard this a different way, where on Rainy days he takes the elevator all the way up, and on sunny days he rides up halfway, because he had the umbrella to help him push the button.

- J

Another one: A boat is sitting in a lake. The top of the boat is 4 feet above the water. If the water level rises two feet, how high above the water is the top of the boat?

tiredinnuendo:

BranFlakes:
A man lives on the 20th floor of a high rise building. Every morning, when he goes to work, he takes the elevator straight to the ground floor and leaves but when he returns every night he can only take the elevator to the fifteenth floor and has to walk the rest of the way.

I've heard this a different way, where on Rainy days he takes the elevator all the way up, and on sunny days he rides up halfway, because he had the umbrella to help him push the button.

- J

But what's the answer?

thebobmaster:
Another one: A boat is sitting in a lake. The top of the boat is 4 feet above the water. If the water level rises two feet, how high above the water is the top of the boat?

4 feet. Unless the boat gets heavier it's level of displacment in the water will remain uniform.

BranFlakes:

tiredinnuendo:

BranFlakes:
A man lives on the 20th floor of a high rise building. Every morning, when he goes to work, he takes the elevator straight to the ground floor and leaves but when he returns every night he can only take the elevator to the fifteenth floor and has to walk the rest of the way.

I've heard this a different way, where on Rainy days he takes the elevator all the way up, and on sunny days he rides up halfway, because he had the umbrella to help him push the button.

- J

But what's the answer?

Can I butt in? (the umbrella part gave it away for me ¦:] )

The man has a joint problem in his arm and cannot reach the 20th floor button.
.....Also his joint problem means he has bad knees and back and hence cannot bend or stoop to press the button with his nose!

PS I thought Id just try and be somewhat creative with that answer....

BranFlakes:

tiredinnuendo:

BranFlakes:
A man lives on the 20th floor of a high rise building. Every morning, when he goes to work, he takes the elevator straight to the ground floor and leaves but when he returns every night he can only take the elevator to the fifteenth floor and has to walk the rest of the way.

I've heard this a different way, where on Rainy days he takes the elevator all the way up, and on sunny days he rides up halfway, because he had the umbrella to help him push the button.

- J

But what's the answer?

he's to short to reach the 20 floor button

riddle 1-The rich want me, The poor have me, If either eat me they will die, What am I?

riddle 2-I am given but once in life and if held can fell even the stongest of men, what am I?

Baldur's gate still brings back good memories in a geeky 20 sided dice kinda way

Edderz1989:

BranFlakes:

tiredinnuendo:

BranFlakes:
A man lives on the 20th floor of a high rise building. Every morning, when he goes to work, he takes the elevator straight to the ground floor and leaves but when he returns every night he can only take the elevator to the fifteenth floor and has to walk the rest of the way.

I've heard this a different way, where on Rainy days he takes the elevator all the way up, and on sunny days he rides up halfway, because he had the umbrella to help him push the button.

- J

But what's the answer?

he's to short to reach the 20 floor button

Edderz gets this one.

A poor man has it, a rich man needs it. If you eat it, you wont live long. If you want it, you will be satisfied.

It is....?

A cow boy rides in to a town on friday. stays for 2 days and leaves on a friday.

anyone know the answer